Vocabulary Quiz
Nomad
A person who moves from place to place rather than living in one fixed location.
A vast, flat, treeless Arctic region where the subsoil is permanently frozen.
Tundra
What area of North America built Longhouses
Eastern Woodlands
A __________ is a person who has not permanent structure and moves around in search of food
Nomad
A long period of time when global temperatures were much colder and ice covered large parts of the Earth.
Ice Age
Archaeology
The study of human history through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts.
In which area did these Native Americans create an Irrigation system
Southwest
_________________ is the science of digging up artifacts to study human history
Archeology
Huge, slow-moving sheets of ice that formed during the cold periods of Earth history.
Glaciers
Land Bridge
A strip of land that connects two continents, often exposed when sea levels drop.
Southwest
During the ____________ glaciers absorbed water dropping the sea level down exposing a Landbridge
Ice Age
The movement of people or animals from one region or country to another.
Migration
Paleo-Indians
The name given to the first people who migrated to and settled in the Americas.
Which area hunted Bison or Buffalo
Great Plains
___________ is when the Paleo-Indians did when the crossed the Landbridge from Asia to North America
Migration
People who survive by hunting animals and finding edible plants rather than farming.
Hunter-Gatherers
Why did the Paleo-Indians cross the Landbridge
They were Hunter and gatherers following the big animals like Wooly Mammoths
Which area did these Native Americans hunt deer
Eastern Woodlands
___________ first people to migrate from Asia to North America crossing the landbridge
Paleo-Indians